Gage and marker for garments.



"No. 781,478. PATENTBD JAN. 31,1905.

' A. & 1 WATERMAN.

GAGE AND MARKER 011 GARMENTS.

' APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5'. 1904.

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ALBERT WATERMAN AND RUDOLF "VVATERMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y;

GAGE AND MARKER FOR GARMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,478, dated January31, 1905.

' Application filedAugust 5,1904. $erial No. 219,660.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT WATERMAN, a citizen of the United States,and RUDOLF WA- TERMAN, a subject of the Emperor of Austria- Hungary,both residents of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Gage andMarker for Garments, of which the following'is a full, clear,

and exact description.

The object of our invention is to improve upon and simplify theconstruction of the gage and marker for garments for which Let tersPatent were granted to Albert Waterman July 19, 1904:, No. 765,529, andto so construct the device that the marking-arm will be capable ofvertical, horizontal, and

' swinging adjustment, thus enabling the said I struction andcombination of the several parts,

vice, illustrating its application.

as willbe hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

- Reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corres pondlng. parts1n all the figures.

' Figure 1 1s a perspective new of thedeenlarged horizontalsectiontakenrjust above the marklng-arm, the marking-arm being shown inplan view. Fig. 3 is a section taken practically on the line 3 3of'Fig." 2. Fig. 4

is a perspective view of a portion of the device,-

illustrating a slight departure in its construction.

another type of the device, the section being Fig. 5 isa horizontalsection through taken practically on theline 5 f Fig. 6. Fig.

. 6 is avertical section taken substantially on the Fig. 2 is an line6 6of Fig. 5, and Fig. is a horizontal section taken practically on theline 7 7 of Fig. 1.

A represents a platform upon which the person stands Whose garment is tobe marked 5 or gaged and taken up, for'example. This platform issupported by a pedestal 10, circular in cross-section and'provided,preferably, with a series of outspreading legs 11, having attachedcasters 12. A block 13 is mounted to have rotary and guided movement onthe pedestal, and said block has an offset at one side provided with apolygonal slot 1 1 and a thumbscrew 15, leading into-the slot. Inconnection withthe rotating block an L-shaped measur- 6O ing-bar isemployed, the lower horizontal lug or arm 7) whereof is passed throughthe slot 1 1 in'the block 13 and is secured bythe thumbscrew 15, whilethe other member or arm I) extends upward and is provided with a scale16 leaf of the hinge being attached to a guidearm 0 near its inner end,the said guide-arm C comprising upper and lower parallel bars 20 and 21,connected by verticalend bars 22. A shoe C is mounted to slide in thespace between the upperand'lower bars 20 and 21, being guided by thesaid vbars of the said guide-arm, and the said shoe is prevented fromdropping from the guide-arm by means of flanges 23 extending from thetop and the bottom at both sides of the said guide-arm,

as is shown in Fig. 3. Thisshoe C carries a bolt 2 1, which extendsoutward from the said shoe, and a bearing 25 is attached to the hinge $519, and said bearing 25 extends outward bethis marking arm under theconstruction '9' shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 is hollow and rectangular incross-sectlon, has free movement v A hinge 19' has 7 one leaf secured tothe sleeve 17, the other in the bearing 25, and is provided at its outerend portion with a series of apertures 27, through any one of which thescrew 24 is passed, and the screw is held to the markingarm by means ofnuts 28 and 29, as is shown in Fig. 3. It will be observed that themarking-arm 26 under this arrangement has perfectly-free movement on theguide-arm C and that the extent to which said movement can take place isregulated by the position of the bolt 24 on the marking-arm. It will befurther observed that in addition to the upward adjustment of themarking-arm brought about by the adjustment of the sleeve 17 themarking-arm has the horizontal movement above referred to, and inaddition to these two movements the marking-arm has also a swingingmovement or can be carried more or less at an angle to the article to bemarked, so as to make the impression more or less pronounced or fine.Thus it will be observed that the manipulation of the marking-arm isentirely under the control of the operator. The inner end'of themarking-arm 26 is provided with series of tongues 30, and themarking-chalk 31 is held between these tongues, being clamped inposition by a slip-collar 32, and a follower 33, located in the saidmarkingarm, provided with an outwardly-extending arm 34, may be utilizedto feed the chalk outward as it becomes worn.

In Fig. 4 we have illustrated a slight departure from the constructionshown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. This departure consists in attaching an arm35 to the sleeve 17 and forming a vertical socket 36 at the outer end ofsaid arm and passing a bolt 37 through said socket, suitably secured insuch manner that the bolt may turn in the socket, and attaching to thelower end of the said bolt a horizontal collar 38, in which collar atube 39 is mounted to slide, carrying the chalk 40 at its outerend, thesaid tube being provided with a follower the equivalent of that shown inFig. 2, It will be observed that under this construction, the tube 39,carrying the chalk 40, is vertically adjustable, is horizontallyadjustable,'and is also laterally adjustable, all the adjustments beingthe same as under the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

In Figs. 5 and 6 another slight departure is illustrated, wherein asleeve 41 is employed to slide upon the scale-arm 5 of the measuring-barB. This sleeve 41 is eXteriorly circular and is held to the saidscale-arn1b by a set-screw 41 of any approved type. The interior of thesleeve 41 is provided with a rectangular bore 42, so as to fit over theaforesaid scale-arm I). At the exterior of the sleeve 41 an annularrecess 43 is produced, and in this recess a band 44 is fitted to turn.

The said band 44 is connected in any suitable or approved manner with ahorizontal tube 45, open at both ends, and in this tube 45 a secondtube, 46, is mounted to slide, its outer end being constructed to clampa chalk 47. A follower 48 is located in the said inner tube, adapted tofeed the chalk 47 outward as used, said follower 48 corresponding to thefollowers described with reference to the other forms of the device.

It will be observed that this device is exceedingly effective and iscapable of three movements-a vertical movement, a horizontal movement,and a movement at an angle to the scale-arm of the measuring-bar--andthat under all conditions of construction the operator will have thedevice under complete control and will be enabled to cause themarkingchalk to make a mark more or less decided and to accommodate themarking-arm to any irregularities in the garment to be marked. Further,in the event a skirt is to be marked for the purpose of shortening theskirt or turning up a hem the line marking the skirt will be perfectthroughout the diameter of the skirt, thus bringing the entire bottomedge of the skirt at practically the same distance from the ground.Furthermore, by marking the skirt as described a line of trimming may beplaced uniformly on the skirt.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. In a marking device forgarments,a stand, ameasuring-bar revolubly connected with the stand and having an uprightscale member, a slide adjustable upon said scale member of themeasuring-bar, a guide-arm at an angle to the said scale member, apivotal connection between the guide-arm and slid e, and a markingarmadj ustably supported upon the guide-arm.

2. In a marking device for garments, a stand, a measuring-bar revolublyconnected with the stand, a guide-arm having lateral and verticaladjustment upon the measuring-bar, and a marking-arm carried by andadjustable upon the guide-arm.

3. In a device for marking garments, a stand, a measuring-bar revolubl yand adjustably connected with the stand, aguide-arm adjustable on themeasuring-bar, means for securing the guide-arm in position on themeasuring-bar, the guide-arm having pivotal connection relative to themeasuring-bar, and a marking-arm having sliding and adjustableconnection with the guide-arm.

4. In a device for marking or gaging garments, a platform, ameasuring-bar including a Vertical scale-arm and a horizontal arm, thelatter arm being adjustably and re-volubly connected with the stand, asleeve mounted to slide on the scale-arm, means for securing they saidsleeve in position on the said scale-arm, a guide-arm having apivotalconnection with the'said sleeve, a block mounted to slide on theguide-arm, amarking-aQrm adjustably connected with the said block, abearing for the marking-arm connected with the said sleeve, and meansfor holding a marking device at the end of the marking-arm.

5. In a-device for, gaging or marking garments, a platform, ameasuring-bar comprismg a vert1calscale-arm and a horizontal basearm,the base-arm being ad ustabIy and revolubly connected with the saidplatform, a sleeve 7

